DescriptionSixteen-year-old classic rock and blues guitar aficionado Drew Gilmore and his fourteen-year-old sister Cori have been helping their divorced mother Michelle cope with her advanced multiple sclerosis for the past two years to the best of their ability, but the severe sensory pain and uncontrollable muscle spasms have left Michelle, a former grocery store cashier, confined to a wheelchair most days and unable to sleep most nights. A concerned social worker and a few school staff members have begun to question whether Drew and Cori’s needs are being met at home. Drew is resistant and at times hostile toward any suggestions that Michelle may be unable to take care of them, insisting that he and Cori have plenty of help from family and friends in their working class neighborhood of Gloucester City, New Jersey, and that their father Frank, a prison guard who lives in Trenton, New Jersey, with his new wife and toddler son, does the grocery shopping and takes care of the bills. But Drew knows that things at home are far from okay, forcing things at school to a breaking point. By March he has more than doubled his allowable absences for the school year and has resorted to cutting classes frequently in order to take care of his ailing mother, whose condition continues to decline alarmingly. To top it off, Cori’s recent questionable behavior adds to Drew’s list of adult responsibilities and threatens to undermine the one bright spot in his life: his serious crush on tenth-grade sweetheart Tiffany Cortland. When all of the forces beyond his control collide and force him into a heart-breaking situation, Drew’s music ultimately gives him the strength to face his difficulties and the means to deepen his relationship with Tiffany.